# @richardamills on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKUTsGSOCof
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59742068-richardamills-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-31T12:07:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** richard mills (@richardamills) — https://gondola.cc/richardamills

## Caption

“The Power of Questioning Everything”
🧠 “I think, therefore I am.”
With just that one sentence, René Descartes shifted the world of philosophy — and today, it still holds incredible power for all of us.

In this reel, we explore how Descartes peeled back the layers of belief, assumption, and surface-level knowledge… until he found one unshakable truth:
👉 Thinking is proof of existence.

And he didn’t stop there. He challenged students to question everything around them:
🌳 “How do you know that’s a tree?”
🍎 “How do you know that’s an apple?”

🧩 That method of deep questioning became the foundation of critical thinking — a skill that’s more important today than ever before.

💥 Whether it’s a news headline, a social media post, an ad on a bus, or something someone tells you — you now have the power to ask, investigate, and think for yourself.

🗣️ 
This week, let’s go full Descartes mode:
✅ Question one thing you usually assume is true.
Comment it below or tag us in your story with what you found.

🔍 The world opens up when you stop believing everything at face value and start thinking critically.

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#youthphilosophy #smartlearning #modernlearning 
#explorationmindset #empoweredlearners #askbetterquestions 
#learningwithpurpose #realworldthinking #educatorsoftomorrow

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